A 26-year-old man has appeared in court after allegedly stealing jewellery worth £55,000 from a number of victims in the Andover area.

Ben Antonio Rizzo, of Oakgrove Road, Bishopstoke, appeared in Basingstoke Magistrates' Court last week charged with seven offences including burglary, theft and possession of class A drugs.

Rizzo is charged with allegedly burgling a property in Chilbolton in June last year and stealing two diamond rings worth £39,500.

He further allegedly stole jewellery worth £5,000 from a victim in Andover, jewellery valued at £10,000 from another victim in Winchester and more jewellery with an unknown value from a victim in Alton.

Rizzo is also charged with allegedly stealing cameras and equipment worth £1,828.95 from Sutton Scotney and possession of nine grammes of cocaine in Basingstoke.

He will appear in Winchester Crown Court in May.